A description of an on-going project designed to assess the impact of a majority language (French) on the structure of a minority language (English) in a situation of long-term contact (Quebec). The authors also present an analysis of the socio-linguistic situation of the Quebec Anglophone community and offer an empirical measure of the impact of the French lexicon on Quebec English. The authors have concluded from their research that borrowed lexicon are extremely rare and are used with full speakers' awareness.